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Roy Blunt: “Certainly seeing the legislation is a step in the right direction. We believe another step in the right direction will…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2007
Certainly seeing the legislation is a step in the right direction. We believe another step in the right direction will be to be able to offer the amendments and go through the process that the majority assured us in the recent campaign will be part of their procedure. On the Tuesday schedule, I have had one Member come up to me during our discussion and wanted me to ask if there is any possibility that 3 to 4 votes could slip closer to 5 just because of a number of travel concerns that Members have, particularly west coast members.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Discussing the legislative process and potential voting concerns during a floor speech.

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